How to Beat Counterfeit Island on Poptropica

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Launch Poptropica and select “Counterfeit Island.” The blimp will drop your character onto Main Street on Counterfeit Island.

   Your character will give the green balloon to the crying boy.,,,,, The man will tell you he has lost his tickets for the Underground Tunnel Tour., The man will give you one of the tickets for the Underground Tunnel Tour.,,,,,,, Your character will descend into the tunnel.,,,,,, The man will tell you to get a job at the local museum.,, The museum will be the first building on the right.,,,, Your character will now be inside the museum., Your character will inform the man that you want a job., An assistant with black hair will be standing at the top of the stairs., The man will say that you must move four paintings back to their original positions on the wall.,,, The picture will be replaced with the picture you are carrying., This picture will now be replaced with the painting you are carrying., The picture will be replaced with the painting you are carrying., All pictures will now be hanging in their correct positions.,,,,,,,,,,,, This is the order in which you must click on the beakers to pass this phase of the test.,,,, You have now passed all the tests, and have earned a job at the museum.
   
   The assistant will provide you with a key to the museum’s supply room.,,,, The supply room will open.,,,,,,,,, This opening leads to the museum, which is sealed with a dragon lock., You must move the horns, eyeballs, eyebrows, mouth, and tongue., The dragon lock will open, and you can now enter the museum through the secret opening.,, The goal is to run by the window while the security guard is facing away from your character., There will be a series of red lasers scanning the Statue Room.,,,, Your screen will start flashing to indicate that you have been caught stealing the picture from the museum.
   
   Your character will be thrown in jail, and you will be required to pass a lie detector test.,,,,,,, The security guard will provide you with his timecard.,,,,,,, The footage will be added to your personal inventory., She will tell you what to do with the security footage.,,,, A mime will be standing to the right., The footage will be shown to the mime, who will sing a song about what to do next.,, The man will run away to the right.,,, The chase will end after about 30 seconds, when the man jumps off his scooter and drives away in a motorboat.,,,, The assistant will inform you that you have a package available for pickup.
   
   The package is Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting.,, A message will be displayed on the face of the painting that says “Meet me at the Early Poptropica Island.”,, The blimp will deposit your character onto this island.,,, The museum curator will provide you with a key.,, The blimp will drop you back onto Main Street of Counterfeit Island.,,,, The door will open, and you will be inside the inspector’s house., There will be a painting on the landing., This will reveal the painting of The Scream, and lights in the house will turn off.
   
   The Black Widow will question you about the whereabouts of other paintings.
   
   Afterwards, a blue arrow will appear in the air next to your chair., You must perform this movement with your cursor repeatedly until your chair is positioned directly next to the other prisoner, which is the man wearing sunglasses and a brown hat.
   
   The screen will fade to black, and the man will untie you from the chair.,,,,,, The steel door will open., The Black Widow will start throwing items at you from the top level, while the man who helped you escape will stand on a platform in an attempt to reach the Black Widow., The bombs will stun your character, and it make it difficult for you to recover and catch paintings and other valuable items., This will occur every four or five throws, and will help the man reach the upper level where the Black Widow is standing., When the man reaches the top level, the Black Widow will be captured, and you will be standing in the Web Browser Internet Cafe.,,, The curator will then show you the hidden art, and you have now successfully beat Counterfeit Island.
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   Step 2: Run to the far right until you reach the next screen

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   Step 3: which is downtown Counterfeit Island.

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   Step 4: Run right until you reach Bobo’s Clown Store

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   Step 5: then select “Enter” on the door to enter the clown store.

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   Step 6: Run to the right and click on the green balloon

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   Step 7: then select “Exit” on the door to leave Bobo’s Clown Store.

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   Step 8: Run to the far right until you reach the next screen

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   Step 9: which is the countryside.

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    Step 10: Run to the right and click on the crying boy.

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    Step 11: Run to the left to re-enter downtown Counterfeit Island

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    Step 12: and stop at the trash cans in the street.

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    Step 13: Click on the trash can to the right

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    Step 14: then click and drag items out of the way until you see a bundle of orange tickets at the bottom of the trash can.

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    Step 15: Click on the orange tickets

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    Step 16: then run to the left to re-enter the next screen

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    Step 17: which is Main Street.

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    Step 18: Run to the left until you reach the Web Browser Internet Cafe

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    Step 19: then click on “Enter” on the door to enter the cafe.

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    Step 20: Run to the right

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    Step 21: then click on the man with a yellow beard and hat sitting at the table.

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    Step 22: Click on the “Items” icon at the top right corner of your screen and select the orange tickets you found in the trash can.

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    Step 23: Run left and click on “Exit” on the door to leave the Web Browser Internet Cafe.

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    Step 24: Jump onto the eave to the left of the cafe’s store sign

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    Step 25: then continue to jump up onto each balcony until you reach the top of the building.

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    Step 26: Continue jumping to the right until you reach the windowsill with a torn piece of paper.

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    Step 27: Click on the piece of torn picture

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    Step 28: then head right until your character jumps off the building.

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    Step 29: Run right to re-enter the downtown area

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    Step 30: then click on the tour guide wearing a green beret standing at an old gate.

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    Step 31: Click on “Items

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    Step 32: ” then select the orange ticket for the Underground Tunnel Tour.

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    Step 33: Click on “Enter” on the gate

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    Step 34: then run right.

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    Step 35: Run left through the tunnel until you reach the light bulb hanging from the ceiling by a rope.

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    Step 36: Click on the light bulb

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    Step 37: then move your character all the way up to the top of the rope.

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    Step 38: Position your cursor to the far right of the screen

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    Step 39: then run right to collect another torn piece of picture attached to the rope.

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    Step 40: Jump down from the rope

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    Step 41: then continue running left through the tunnel until you reach the end.

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    Step 42: Allow your character to fall further down the tunnel

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    Step 43: run right

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    Step 44: then click on “Exit” at the stairs to leave the underground tunnel.

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    Step 45: Click on the man wearing sunglasses and a brown hat standing next to the tunnel’s exit.

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    Step 46: Run right

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    Step 47: and jump onto the hill to grab the piece of torn picture.

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    Step 48: Continue jumping and running to the right until you reach the next screen

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    Step 49: which is Main Street.

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    Step 50: Jump up onto the first windowsill on the left

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    Step 51: and continue jumping upward until you reach the top of the museum building.

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    Step 52: Jump right until you reach the middle of the museum building

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    Step 53: and the torn piece of picture.

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    Step 54: Grab the torn piece of picture

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    Step 55: then run right to jump off the building until your character is back on the ground.

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    Step 56: Click on “Enter” on the museum door.

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    Step 57: Click on the security guard with the orange hair standing by the door.

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    Step 58: Run left

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    Step 59: then jump up the stairs.

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    Step 60: Click on the assistant.

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    Step 61: Jump left over the staircase to reach the wall of paintings

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    Step 62: then click on the second painting to the left.

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    Step 63: Run with the painting over to the upper-right section of the museum

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    Step 64: which is the “Impressionism” section.

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    Step 65: Click on the third

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    Step 66: last painting in this section.

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    Step 67: Run down to the “Expressionism” room below

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    Step 68: and click on the third

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    Step 69: last painting.

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    Step 70: Run to the “Realism” section on the bottom left

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    Step 71: then click on the second painting of a cat.

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    Step 72: Run back up the stairs to the “Cubism” section

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    Step 73: and click on the blank wall space in the middle.

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    Step 74: Run back to the right to speak to the assistant

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    Step 75: then press “Enter” on the door to enter the Forgery Detection Lab.

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    Step 76: Click on the assistant inside the lab

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    Step 77: then click on the magnifying glasses located on the table to the right.

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    Step 78: Click on “Start” to begin the test

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    Step 79: then click on the yellow arrow at the top right until you reach “Painting 5.” You must view all pictures before you can pass the test.

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    Step 80: Click on the left arrow to return to “Painting 4

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    Step 81: ” then select the “Painting 4” thumbnail at the bottom of the screen.

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    Step 82: Click on “Next

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    Step 83: ” then click on “Start” to begin the next test.

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    Step 84: Move the magnifying glass to the bottom right corner of the painting on the far left

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    Step 85: then click on “Next.”

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    Step 86: Click on “Start

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    Step 87: ” then move your cursor upward until you reach the moon.

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    Step 88: Click on the blacked-out section on the left side of the moon

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    Step 89: then click on “Finish.”

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    Step 90: Run to the right

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    Step 91: then click on the microscope.

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    Step 92: Click on “Start

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    Step 93: ” then click on the green paint sample in the middle of the screen.

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    Step 94: Click on the green beaker

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    Step 95: then click on the pink beaker.

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    Step 96: Click on the blue beaker

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    Step 97: then click on the pink beaker once again.

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    Step 98: Click on the orange paint sample

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    Step 99: then click on the pink beaker

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     Step 100: followed by the green beaker.

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     Step 101: Click on the blue beaker

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     Step 102: then click on the blue beaker again.

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     Step 103: Click on the pink paint sample

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     Step 104: then click on the blue beaker

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     Step 105: followed by the pink beaker.

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     Step 106: Click on the blue beaker

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     Step 107: followed by the green beaker.

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     Step 108: Run to the left

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     Step 109: then click on “Exit” on the door to leave the lab.

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     Step 110: Run to the right

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     Step 111: then click on “Enter” to enter the Statue Room.

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     Step 112: Run to the left

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     Step 113: then click on “Enter” to enter the Supply Room.

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     Step 114: Run left to the far end of the hallway

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     Step 115: click on “Items

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     Step 116: ” and select the key to the supply room.

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     Step 117: Grab the torn piece of picture

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     Step 118: run to the far right

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     Step 119: then click on “Enter” to the door of the Statue Room.

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     Step 120: Run to the far right

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     Step 121: then click on “Enter” to the Main Hall of Paintings.

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     Step 122: Run right

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     Step 123: go down the stairs

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     Step 124: then run left to the museum’s main entry.

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     Step 125: Click on “Exit” to leave the museum

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     Step 126: then run left to go to the next screen

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     Step 127: which is the City Docks.

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     Step 128: Run to the far left until you land on the old boat at the dock.

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     Step 129: Jump up to the grab the torn piece of picture at the top of the mast

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     Step 130: then run to the bottom right over to the man wearing sunglasses and a brown hat.

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     Step 131: Click on the man

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     Step 132: then click on “Enter” at the doorway to the underground tunnel.

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     Step 133: Run left

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     Step 134: jump up to climb up the chain

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     Step 135: then run right until you reach the old

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     Step 136: broken wooden ladder.

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     Step 137: Jump up each rung on the ladder until you reach the opening at the top of the ladder.

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     Step 138: Refer to the dragon diagram at the top right corner to click and drag the features of the dragon’s face until it matches that on the diagram.

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     Step 139: Click on the lock button above the dragon’s head.

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     Step 140: Click on “Go Up

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     Step 141: ” click on “Items

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     Step 142: ” then select the key to the Supply Room.

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     Step 143: Run right

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     Step 144: then hesitate before passing the window where the security guard is pacing.

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     Step 145: Continue to run right

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     Step 146: then click on “Enter” at the door to the Statue Room.

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     Step 147: Run right

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     Step 148: and hide behind each statue as the red lasers pass to avoid being detected by the lasers.

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     Step 149: Continue to head right into the Main Hall of Paintings.

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     Step 150: Run left and stop at the painting of “Scream” by Edvard Munch

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     Step 151: which features the image of a figure standing on a bridge and screaming.

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     Step 152: Click on the painting.

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     Step 153: Select your name

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     Step 154: then select “Counterfeit Island.”

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     Step 155: Select “Yes

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     Step 156: a strange man” when asked who contacted you about The Scream

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     Step 157: then select “I was trying to protect The Scream.”

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     Step 158: Select “I was trying to catch the thief

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     Step 159: ” then select “No

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     Step 160: I don’t know the Black Widow.” You will then be released from the police station.

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     Step 161: Run left

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     Step 162: then click on “Exit” at the door to leave the police station.

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     Step 163: Run left

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     Step 164: then click on “Enter” at the door to Bobo’s Clown Store.

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     Step 165: Run left

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     Step 166: then click on the security guard with orange hair.

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     Step 167: Select the option to ask the security guard when he leaves his post.

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     Step 168: Click on “Exit” at the door to leave Bobo’s Clown Store

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     Step 169: then run left to exit the screen and enter Main Street.

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     Step 170: Run left until you reach the museum

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     Step 171: then click on “Enter” at the door to enter the museum.

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     Step 172: Run right

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     Step 173: jump up the stairs

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     Step 174: then click on “Enter” at the door to the Statue Room on the left.

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     Step 175: Run to the left

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     Step 176: and click on “Enter” to the door leading to the Supply Room and Security Room.

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     Step 177: Run left

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     Step 178: and click on the first door to enter the Security Room.

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     Step 179: Run to the far right and click on the large desktop computer at the middle of the desk.

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     Step 180: Click on “Print Screen” when the security footage pauses itself.

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     Step 181: Run to the left

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     Step 182: then click on the woman standing to the right of the door.

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     Step 183: Click on “Exit” on the door to leave the Security Room

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     Step 184: then run right.

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     Step 185: Click on the door to the Statue Room

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     Step 186: then run right and click on the door to the Main Hall of Paintings.

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     Step 187: Run right

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     Step 188: go down the stairs

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     Step 189: run left

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     Step 190: and click on the door to exit the museum.

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     Step 191: Run to the far right to leave the screen and re-enter downtown Counterfeit Island.

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     Step 192: Click on “Items

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     Step 193: ” then select the security footage you printed from the museum’s Security Room.

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     Step 194: Run to the right

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     Step 195: then click on “Enter” on the stairs to the All That Jazz Cafe.

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     Step 196: Run to the right and click on the man wearing sunglasses and a brown hat.

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     Step 197: Run to the right

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     Step 198: then jump up the stairs and click on “Exit” at the door.

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     Step 199: Run left to jump off the balcony and onto the green scooter on the sidewalk.

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     Step 200: Allow your character to drive the scooter behind the man

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     Step 201: using the arrow keys to avoid obstacles on the road.

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     Step 202: Run to the left

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     Step 203: and grab the red key card lying near the end of the dock.

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     Step 204: Run back to the right

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     Step 205: jump up onto the crates

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     Step 206: and continue running right until you reach the next screen

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     Step 207: which is Main Street.

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     Step 208: Run right

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     Step 209: then click on “Enter” at the door to the museum.

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     Step 210: Run left

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     Step 211: and click on the assistant standing to the left of the door.

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     Step 212: Click on “Items

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     Step 213: ” then select the Starry Night painting you just received.

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     Step 214: Click and drag the x-ray scanner on the right to scan the painting.

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     Step 215: Click on “Exit” to leave the museum

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     Step 216: run to the far right

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     Step 217: then jump onto the rope of the blimp that delivered you to Counterfeit Island.

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     Step 218: Click on “Travel

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     Step 219: ” then select “Early Poptropica” from the map of destinations.

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     Step 220: Run to the left

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     Step 221: then click on “Enter” at the door to the Pop Art Museum.

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     Step 222: Run left

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     Step 223: and talk to the museum curator with gray hair and purple glasses.

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     Step 224: Select “Can I help?” from the conversation options provided.

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     Step 225: Click on “Exit” at the door to leave the museum

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     Step 226: then jump back onto the rope of your blimp.

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     Step 227: Click on “Travel

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     Step 228: ” then select “Counterfeit Island” from the map.

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     Step 229: Run to the far right to leave the screen and enter downtown Counterfeit Island.

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     Step 230: Continue running to the far right to leave the screen and enter the countryside.

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     Step 231: Run right until you reach the inspector’s house

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     Step 232: jump up the walkway

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     Step 233: and position your character at the front door.

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     Step 234: Click on “Items

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     Step 235: ” and select the key provided to you by the museum curator at Early Poptropica Island.

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     Step 236: Run left

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     Step 237: jump up onto the fireplace mantle

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     Step 238: then jump right to reach the second level of the house.

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     Step 239: Click on the top right corner of the painting

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     Step 240: which is peeled away slightly from the frame.

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     Step 241: Move your cursor left and right to slowly move your chair backward to the left.

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     Step 242: Run to the right

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     Step 243: and click on “Enter” at the doorway.

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     Step 244: Run to the left

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     Step 245: and jump onto the large brown boxes to access the second level.

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     Step 246: Go right

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     Step 247: and jump on top of the next stack of boxes.

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     Step 248: Wait on top of the boxes until you see the man on the ledge above to the right pacing back and forth.

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     Step 249: Jump up onto the ledge when the man is pacing away from your character

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     Step 250: jump onto the couch

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     Step 251: then jump quickly onto the ledge above you to the left.

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     Step 252: Click on “Items

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     Step 253: ” then select the red key card you grabbed at the dock.

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     Step 254: Click on “Enter” on the steel door

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     Step 255: then run to the left.

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     Step 256: Run or jump at every item being thrown at you to catch and save each item from breaking

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     Step 257: except the bombs.

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     Step 258: Run to the left and click on the crank to the platform when the Black Widow takes a quick break from throwing items.

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     Step 259: Continue to catch items and crank the platform for about two or three minutes

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     Step 260: or until the man reaches the top level.

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     Step 261: Run to the right

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     Step 262: and click on “Exit” to leave the cafe.

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     Step 263: Run to the left until you reach the museum

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     Step 264: then click on “Enter” to go into the museum.

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     Step 265: Run to the right

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     Step 266: then click on the curator with gray hair and purple glasses.

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